TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and October 2024,
         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted

                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                               =====                          =====================

                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of
                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance
     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*

Total nonfarm                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -354          301         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -356          297         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.2                        -3            8
    Construction                                  -1.2          1.0         YES           -88           79         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.4                       -26           57
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.5                       -24           43
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.6                        -3           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.5                       -84          135
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -21           43
      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.7                       -60          108
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.8                        -3           55
    Information                                   -0.1          1.0                        -4           28
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -20           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.6                       -15           38
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.0                        -5           24
    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.9                       -28          171
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.3                         4           85
      Private Educational Services                -0.5          0.5                       -18           19
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                        21           80
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.7         YES          -157          108         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.7          1.6                        23           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.4          0.8         YES          -180          102         YES
    Other services                                 0.8          1.1                        49           62
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         2           40
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES            -8            6         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         9           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         9           23
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         1           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.0          0.4         YES          -247          106         YES
    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -275          196         YES
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        13          128
    West                                           0.4          0.5                       155          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 3, 2024.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-year change.